Music: An Appreciation, Brief 7th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 13: Antonin Dvorak

Multiple Choice

1
Antonin Dvorák's music was first promoted by
A)Hector Berlioz.
B)Richard Wagner.
C)Franz Liszt.
D)Johannes Brahms.
2
Dvorák ____________ quoted actual folk tunes in his compositions.
A)never
B)rarely
C)occasionally
D)frequently
3
In 1892, Dvorák went to ___________, where he spent almost three years as director of the National Conservatory of Music.
A)London.
B)New York.
C)Prague.
D)Leipzig.
4
Dvorák "found a secure basis for a new national [American] musical school" in the
A)music of New York.
B)western art music taught at the National Conservatory of Music.
C)African-American spirituals.
D)traditional folk music of European immigrants.
5
The popular character of Dvorák's New World Symphony can be traced to the composer's use of ___________ often found in folk music.
A)syncopations
B)pentatonic scales
C)modal scales
D)all of the above
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